SENATE: (OPEN) Sen. John Glenn (D), first elected in 1974, is retiring.
Gov. George Voinovich (R), mayor of Cleveland for 10
years, will face off against former Cuyahoga County Commissioner and
1994 Senate candidate Mary O. Boyle (D).
Stuart Rothenberg's Race at a Glance

Ohio seems to set a standard of American normalcy. The state stands close
to the national average in income, in the split between urban and rural and in its
racial and ethnic mix. It also is split politically and has been a battleground in
recent elections. Ohio's 6th congressional district has changed hands in every
election since 1990 and is one of a handful of districts that could change the
composition of the 106th Congress in the fall. Bill Clinton won Ohio in 1996 and
1992, but by narrow margins. Only twice in the last 100 years -- in 1944 and 1960 --
has Ohio not picked the winning presidential candidate. No Republican has ever been
elected president without winning Ohio. In the 1996 presidential contest,
Voinovich was the first governor to endorse Bob Dole.